This is a judicial referral under RCRA Section 7003 seeking to judicially enforce an earlier Administrative Compliance Order for Imminent and Substantial Endangerment issued to the Lawson Landfill facility located on the Torres Martinez Reservation south of Palm Springs, California. The Order directs the operators to cease their open burning of waste, install a fence around the facility to secure the site and mitigate other risks posed to an adjacent mobile home park and nearby agricultural land. The basis for the order is PM exceedances of California PM standards in a PM and ozone non-attainment area and dioxin levels in residual ash that exceed Region 9 residential and industrial PRGs.
On 2 July 2003, Complaint filed to enforce RCRA 7003 Order and BIA cease and desist order. Complaint requests temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction and permanent injunction, and penalties (case assigned to the Honorable Stephen G. Larson, United States Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Central District of California.).